Black.

Darkness.

That is all I can see around me.

I can hear nothing. It is dead silent.

I pace around, trying to find a way through this endless void.

Suddenly, a faint glow shines as I notice it coming around my chest. Where the pendant is. The moment I take it out, the glow turns into a stream of light and points forth, revealing a portal.

Clenching onto the pendant, I moves forth and steps through the portal.

Chapter 6: I Remember -S/C Side-

I gasps at the cold wind as maple leaves fell around me. I rub my arms to keep myself warm and only then I realise that I in the form of my actual age. As 18.

Looking around the location, it looks like a park. But definitely not in Japan.

I know this place.

London.

As if to clear my doubt, I can hear the bell of the Big Ben in a distance.

"Bingo! I will be greater than he is! Though... it will be very hard but I will definitely be!"

"You will. Kai."

I scan around immediately to see where the voices came from. Somewhere close behind. Walking a few steps and I found the source. Two boys sitting on a bench. One I recognise as my younger self. While the other looks a lot like Kaito...

"Kai?" The other boy blushes.

My younger self's face redden as he shakes his head. "S-Sorry! It just came out rather naturally... I didn't mean to... I..."

The other boy shakes his head and grabs both of his hands. "N-No! It's alright! I... I kinda like it. No, I really like it. Can I call you Shin-chan?"

My younger self, even myself, frowns slightly. "I don't really like that nickname since it reminds me of how my mother acts. And hardly anyone calls me by my given name other than the ones close...plus... I like it better when you call me Shinichi..."

The other boy grins widely. "Well then, nice to meet you once again, Shinichi!"

"Same here, Kai."

It is same as the dream I had before. Just that I can finally witness the whole thing, I can finally see that boy's face.

That means Kaito is Kai?

How oblivious am I? All the clues had been there right in front of me. And the clues Kaito had given to me when he is KID.

Kaito... That means he knew all these along. He remembers. All alone.

I cup my mouth at the enormous guilt I feel gathering upon my chest, it is making me nauseous. All these times he knew but he could not tell me, afraid of the relapse that I will have if he breaks it to me too suddenly. Like what my parents have done.

He is waiting. Waiting for me to remember.

I can feel tears coming up before the scenery starts to warp, replacing it are the times he and I were playing together. One after the other.

"Ba-ro... You could have just told me... But it is so like what you will do, you stupid gentleman thief." I chuckles lightly as tears trail down my face.

A scream cuts through as the visions shatter, shielding myself from the impact with my arms, I look around.

Fire.

It looks like a theatre but everything is burning and crumbling.

"TOU-CHAN!"

At the front row, nearest to the burning stage are the younger Kaito and myself.

"Kai! We have to get out! It's too dangerous! "

"Tou-chan! Tou-chan is still in there!" Kaito shouts as he breaks off Shinichi's grip and dashes into the fire.

"Kai!" His younger self was going to follow before Kudo Yusaku grabs him. "Let me go Tou-san! He's... He's in there!"

"It's too dangerous! I am sorry Shinichi but we must leave now!"

"No! No! I don't want to...No...KAIIIIIIII!"

Yusaku has no choice but to knock his son out. He takes a last glance at the stage before rushing out the exit, along with a weeping Yukiko.

I look back at the stage and went towards it. Until I notice a figure lying on the ground behind the curtains. It was Kaito.

"Kaito!" I try to reach out and grab him but I cannot my legs all of a sudden. I watch in horror as the ceiling come crushing down onto the stage. With Kaito still in it.

I scream. As the vision once again shatters, I am back in the void. Felling to my knees, I hug myself. I cannot not stop my tears. In my mind I keep trying to reassure myself that it is all in the past. That Kaito is currently still alive. He had escaped that fire.

"How is Shinichi doing?"

When I open my eyes, I realise I'm in the Kudo manor. Inside my room. Kaa-san is sitting by the edge of my bed with my younger self lying in it. Tou-san walks in and sits at the chair by the bed.

"His fever has finally went down." Kaa-san sniffs as she turns to Tou-san. "How is Chikage-chan and Kai-chan doing?"

He sighs and grabs one of her hands. "Kaito-kun had just recovered from his coma and..." He turns towards my younger self. "He does remember a single thing about Touichi's death, us and Shinichi."

Both Kaa-san and I gasp at the news. Kaa-san breaks into tears as Tou-san hugs her. "What are we going to do? Shin-chan will be so heart-broken when he wakes up to find out Kai-chan had forgotten about him..."

A moan breaks the silence as we all turn to the bed to see my younger self awakening. "Shin-chan!" Kaa-san instantly hugs him. "Thank god you are awake!"

"Kaa...san?"

"How are you feeling Shinichi?"

"Tou... san..."

"You had a high fever for 5 days. Your mother and I were so worried. Do you remember what happened?"

Both of my parent waited. But what comes out of my younger self shocks us.

"What happened? I thought we are in London? Why are we back in our house in Japan?"

The vision fades away once again.

I have forgotten everything... from the day when I first met Kaito to the day his father died. My younger mind could not handle the trauma that it had lock all these away. Until I meet Kaito again that April's Fool night. Kaito too has forgotten about it, so when did he remember all of these?

"It's best not to tell them now. They might suffer a relapse."

I look back to see Tou-san on the phone, in his hand is a black jewelry box. I know that box.

"Let them take their time to remember. And when that time comes, we will help them." He opens the box to reveal the pendant I am currently wearing. "Touichi and I made these for them, planning on to give them after the show. But looks like it will have to wait."

He holds the pendant up. "Just like the moon who needs the sun to shine. The sun will shine because the moon is there."

The vision dissipates. I look down at the crescent pendant. That is why it glows the best under the sunlight, while Kaito's is under the moonlight.

Kaito... Kai...

You need to wake up.

Kai? I look around the void.

Please, not when I have finally found you!

"Kai! I'm right here!" I call out, hoping that my voice could reach him.

Please, please wake up...

"Kai! I'm here!" Hearing the despair in his call, I panic. Damn it. Why isn't my voice reaching him? I want to see him. I want to reassure him. That I remembered. That we finally found each other after so long.

I hold the pendant in my palms and look at it. "Please! Bring me back to him! Now!"

The next moment I know, my vision is blinded by the light emitting from the pendant.

"Meitantei?"

I can feel the familiar warmth around my hand as I pry my eyes open, and fell on the pair of indigo that I have held so dear. They were filled with worry, but quickly replaced with relief and joy. I scan the surrounding to realise that we are back in the room where Kaito was resting before in Agasa's house. The room is illuminated with the warm colour of sunset. I must have been out for quite a while.

Feeling the hand tighten around mine, I turn towards Kaito who is sitting on a stool by the bed. I smile and return his hold. "Hey..."

"Hey to you. How are you feeling?"

"Never better." I look at our hands. "I guessed that you brought me here after the incident."

"Yeah... Thought you might not want to go to the hospital, attracting the doctors' attention."

"Thank you. Really."

His smile fades away as his bangs cover his eyes from me. I can feel the minor trembling in his hold. "I was terrified when you fainted earlier. And watching you lying on the bed, I..." He pauses and I can hear the strain in his voice as he continues. "I blamed myself. That it is too early to tell you everything. To keep trying to interact with you, to get close... You won't have to go through any of this if I hadn't stop to listen to you that night at the last heist."

I immediately pushes myself up on the bed, ignoring the throbbing headache at the sudden movement. Kaito instantly reach out to push me back down but it allows me to grab hold of his face to turn it towards mine. Our eyes meet.

"Mei..."

"It's not your fault, you hear me? None of it. I am the one who wanted to know, who asked. So stop blaming yourself. You have suffered enough. Quit carrying all the burden by yourself. Share it with me. I will be your resting stop like you are mine."

A moment passes as Kaito chuckles lightly and places his hands over mine. "Are you sure you have the right to say that? You carried more burden than I do as far as I know."

"Ba-ro, I know that. So? Agreed?"

"Roger that, Meitantei."

I scowl at the addressing and pinch his cheek while he cries out in pain. "Ow! What is that for?!"

"I know that you've mentioned before you won't call me by both my fake and real name. However... as I had said long before, it is a privilege that I have given to you and only you. So I hope, no, I want you to at least call me by that name when we are alone."

Kaito's eyes widen by each word as I caresses his cheek.

"We finally meet again. Kai."

Tears fell as his poker face totally shatters. He moves forth onto the bed and pulls me close. I reach up and circle my own arms around his neck, trying the best I could in my younger body to hug him back.

"Shinichi... Shinichi..."

I can hear him chanting my name and my shoulder getting wet, but I did not pay attention to that as a I too let out a few tears. I bring one of my hand to comb through his soft messy hair, while the other doing a slow patting motion. "I'm here. I'm here now."

When his crying starts to subside, I pull back slightly and cups his face in my hands. I kiss him on the forehead and lean mine against it. We look into each other's eyes and breaks into smile.

We have finally found each other.

TBC...